A multi-site knowledge attitude and practice survey of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Iliyasu, Garba ^a   Ogoina, Dimie ^b   Otu, Akan A ^c   Dayyab, Farouq M ^d   Ebenso, Bassey ^c,e   Otokpa, Daniel ^c   Rotifa, Stella ^f   Olomo, Wisdom T ^g   Habib, Abdulrazaq G ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^d AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^g Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ADMINISTERED STANDARDIZED QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA;

EID: 84943338840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135955     Document Type: Article

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